A confession: I love the U.S. Amateur. I think it’s one of the coolest events in golf that gets the least amount of coverage (shout out to Shane Bacon and the homies at Fox for stepping it up in the last few years).
This year’s Am is being played at one of my favorite courses on the PGA Tour — Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles. And after 36 holes of stroke play, Oklahoma State junior Hayden Wood (son of Willie Wood) is the medalist.
Wood shot a record 67-64 first two rounds for a 131 total which broke the all-time mark of 132 shared by Hank Kim in 1994, Gregor Main in 2011 and Bobby Wyatt in 2012.